经典英文短诗精选：The Poet

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经典英文短诗精选：The Poet　　What instinct forces man to journey on,
2 V& t2 e; p, J9 ^3 [　　Urged by a longing blind but dominant!
0 t6 @# Z( d' g; A　　Nothing he sees can hold him, nothing daunt
( m  n/ W/ t( p: K5 }1 i　　His never failing eagerness. The sun
　　Setting in splendour every night has won
　　His vassalage; those towers flamboyant
' g/ q1 ?- p* N) Y4 `9 b+ |　　Of airy cloudland palaces now haunt
　　His daylight wanderings. Forever done
7 X/ I) J- X* s, T: d　　With simple joys and quiet happiness
　　He guards the vision of the sunset sky;
5 T) k0 O6 Y, S0 Z! p6 l　　Though faint with weariness he must possess
6 P3 n. K# }, j: o6 M7 ^　　Some fragment of the sunset's majesty;
　　He spurns life's human friendships to profess
　　Life's loneliness of dreaming ecstasy.
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